INTERCULTURAL

LEADERS

Yehuda Silverman

Fellowship Programme

Dr. Yehuda Silverman is a peacebuilding pracademic (practitioner/academic) who specializes in conflict prevention, analysis, and transformation. He is currently an Instructor at Northwestern University's Civic Education Project & Brock University, Cultural Exchange Assistant with Acquaint, and a Goldin Global Fellow. He serves on the Inclusivity Steering Committee for The Network for Religious and Traditional Peacemakers, which was founded by the UN Mediation Support Unit. He also mentors emerging peacebuilders through UNESCO Global Youth Community, United People Global, and Initiatives of Change. Previously, Dr. Silverman had a postdoctoral academic appointment as the Faculty Diversity Fellow at Ursuline College, where he developed and taught the course Intrapersonal Peace and Conflict Prevention. Some additional fellowships include being a Faith For Our Planet Fellow at Duke University, WFUNA Peace Fellow, UNAOC Fellow, UNESCO MGIEP TAGe Fellow, and Kathryn Davis Fellow for Peace. Dr. Silverman has also facilitated courses online in coordination with UNESCO MGIEP, International Center for Religion and Diplomacy in collaboration with AMIDEAST, World Beyond War, Civic Synergy, Erasmus+ partners, and World Learning. He taught English online to people impacted by conflict (primarily Syrian refugees) with Paper Airplanes, and served as a Global Solutions Sustainability Challenge Coach for IREX and a Guardian ad Litem (a court appointed special advocate) representing abused, abandoned, and neglected children. Further initiatives include collaborating in a Pilot Peace Pal Program with the Boys and Girls Clubs, and a Group Captain for social impact leaders in the Atlas Corps Virtual Leadership Institute and university students in Search for Common Ground's Design, Monitoring, and Evaluation Peace Project. His PhD is in Conflict Analysis and Resolution with a concentration in International Peace (Nova Southeastern University), and he is also a certified Facilitator in Intercultural Dialogue (UN Habitat) and Kingian Nonviolence Conflict Reconciliation (University of Rhode Island).